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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East?
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To: Scoobah who started this subject10/24/2003 10:25:50 AM
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NEW SALAFIST LEADER SEEKS CLOSER TIES TO AL QAIDA

October 24, 2003

The Middle East Newsline reports: "Algeria's largest insurgency group has reaffirmed its allegiance to Al Qaida in what appears to signal an increase in the already close cooperation between the two organizations.

The Salafist Brigade for Combat and Call issued its first communiqué under the new leadership headed by Nabil Sahwari, also known as Abu Ibrahim Mustafa. Sahwari was said to have replaced Salafist leader Hassan Hattab in August amid a power struggle that concerned the abduction of 32 Western European tourists in the southern Sahara.

In the latest communiqué, the Salafist leadership said it would remain loyal to Al Qaida and Taliban. The Salafist group said it would also support the Islamic struggle in such places as Chechnya, Palestine and the Philippines.

The Salafist statement was regarded as significant because the group has been deemed the leading subcontractor of Al Qaida. Western intelligence sources said Salafist insurgents have been employed by Al Qaida for attacks in North Africa and in France. The sources said the communiqué marked the clearest expression of loyalty to Osama Bin Laden…"
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